Show Y to licit Sail i in n r i 9 9 iiII An Authoritative Sport Feature by the Foremost Foremost Fore Fore- most Sporting Writer J and Cartoonist in America 4 E r By Rober t f Edgren I HOSE whose memories go back far enough can remember sever several epoch epoch- T THOSE making battles in the ring Usually the heavyweights set ut the style in in inI I fighting This Is la because the huv heavyweight weight champion of tho the world is the only real rul champion the champion the champion of all champions because as champion size rc 1 h. h Orin rIa h he is ia e master of all nil th the class champions of smaller s sire V When h John L. L S Sullivan ii V n was first champion champion champlon cham cham- pion plon of 01 the world he was champion Under under un Un- der del London prize ring rules The Marquis of had not yet attained much popularity Men who wanted to fight a prize dodged the sheriff found some Isolated spot In the woods and fought to a finish The ten round no node thing hadn't been Invented then Fighters were real fighters In Jn Enl England and Australia the aport sport wis as IS highly highl regarded res It was waa quite the thing for tor a a. of ot Wales to be an amateur In fighting that that II ie Is to 50 0 o to ton n tights fights and make his wagers like an nn sporting cove Even E a of ot England has hu been known to take a lively U Interest In Iii the game m Sullivan IV was as the first hta heavyweight taren champion to change from rom the t style to the tho gloves Glove Glo fighting was waa becoming becoming- and John I la L. w Wasn't un sn t t. the man to stand In the way v of ot progress HI His Ille first really rean bl big fight with gloves It happened wa the tho one that cost him the championship of at the world the world the fight New Orleans with I young Jim Corbett nt at ew Having gloves on his hinds hands was as no handicap handicap handicap handi handi- cap to Corbett although he ha had dono his I turn with the tra un una un too John L. L L. L SuU Sullivan lra an a a. Vt very ver- popular man during th tb the days when he lie traveled all over the country country- knocking out flit all iI corners comers In In four tour rounds round set lIet the style In boxing Sullivan Sul Sul- Sul- Sul an lit was a a. bruiser big powerful po quick and nd a terrific hitter r. He beat belt his men bv by rushing at them savagely and hammering ham ham- J mering them down don His favorite fa blow w s what John called his back lung blow hlo That ThU name I Is suggestive It tells the story Sullivans Sullivan's attack terrorized terrorized ter ter- ter- ter his victims victim and md caused them to double their chins china from Johns John's slaughterIng slaughter slaughter- In Ing right hand swing And when they r e were bent over John simp simply used his back lung blow blo which was as a club- club like swing of or the right arm In which th the whole hole forearm truck struck along the victims victim's knocking all an the br breath ath nut out of or him and hurling him to the floor on his hie face tace ADMIRED THE SAVAGE I When John I I. L. L wan a aIn In hl his prime th the I tle In heavyweights hew was as the big gruff voiced Iced fellow with a a. sullen fU savage glare glar In his eye and a primitive longing to beat somebody to a pulp Then came Corbett and styles changed in a moment Corbett was tall tail slender r well built suave and diplomatic HI His fighting was WR like his personality some personality-some- some something thing shifty and clever cr and sho showy and and andt I I ct 1 ct t unite effective He I-fe danced about lI lightly He lie used his hands hand like foil foils f. f Ho lie Jabbed swiftly and danced away awa- He II wasn't hurt and he didn't crush J people peo peo- pie pic to the ground by hitting them on the back lung He didn't growl He didn't I glare Iare Cor Corbett tt was M the matador In tn tho the ring at t Ne New Xe Orleans Sullivan the plunging bull bun I And the matadors matador word the I I r trick I Next cia day clay Sullivan an aa as a A. fighting Ideal had vanished d. d Ever Every fighter tighter In America wondered 1 If ho hI couldn't them like Corbett Boxing Instructors taught pupils to dance and Jab That fad lasted as 15 long as Corbett and ended when he met his Ms finish at Carlion Car Car- son lion Bob craft crafty and slipping along the floor and delivering tremendous hooks Intended to knock his man out whenever er one landed became tho the model A lot Jot of fighters Inn in all n clas classes es tried to emulate Fitzsimmons Fitasimmons Some were developing something remotely resembling the Fitzsimmons Fitasimmons style when along came the young giant nt Jim Jet Jet- fries Jeff Jet opposed Bobs Bob's craft and his violent vie vio 10 lent punches with bulk and power and rc- rc slating strength th He overbore Fitzsimmons mons mona and knocked him out Immediately I Jeffries became the Ideal Meal tl fighter Pro- Pro motors and managers scoured the lumber I camps and the Western 1 mines and ranches looking for tor men mm an as big and powerful as Jeffries They The hunted up In th the Iron fron foundries and tried them out They had an Idea that nothing noth noth- lag ing was necessary but to find a a. tremendously tre tie ly powerful man and make him Into a a. fighter Some of or these big fel fellows fellows tel tel- lows 0 were re tried out In the ring but not riot one one- ever became another Jeffries Jeff left beat all aU rivals until be he was waa forced to retire because there were no more to right fight TH THE WHITE HOPES When Jeffries came out again it was waa to lose to Jack Johnson after six years of retirement Johnson set a a. new style but It wasn't patterned on the dusky champion The idea that animated now was to find a man bigger er than Johnson yet clever enough to make a a. good fl fight ht big ble enough to overwhelm the negro champion champlon cham cham- pion plon and ma make a a. sure thing of beating him him This brought out the White bite H Hop Hope o class clas Willard VIllard was the U man who showed up best of alt all the Hopes Yet he wasn't supposed to be big enough h to beat Johnson Johnson John John- son surely and Inevitably until the fight at Havana was over outclassed outclassed out out- classed Johnson In strength and endurance rance wore him down and knocked him out Willard towered over Johnson And that set let another new style Today it Is supposed that the pert perfect ct heavyweight must mut b b. a a. man at least six pix and a a. half hair feet teet tall taU Willard 1 Is six ix feet ted ven Moreover tor over Jess weighs between between- and pounds He weighed 43 43 at Rt Havana If Jt someone could only discover dEs dis cover er a fellow about seven even fe feet t tall taU and strongly built and teach him how to box bar hed he'd have hav a a. man of or the tho po popular ular I type me and friend Jess would have a lively t fI time dodging his challenge tj Just at present t Willard Is S being challenged chat chal by Fred Fulton a long lean six foot six specimen from Minnesota who ho boxes well wen has a good fighting head and would b be taken quite seriously If he weighed hed more And at that Fulton weighs about 20 pounds which would have made him a giant fant of a heavyweight heavy In the time of Sullivan FIl Fitasimmons and Corbett Sullivan never weighed more than pounds pound in hi his hIli good s fighting fighting- davs days simmons was waa a n. middleweight pounds I when he knocked out Corbett I seldom weighed more mor than lS pounds I In fighting condition Before Sullivans Sullivan's time it was as supposed I that a aman man five fhe feet teet eight or nine inches tall and wel weighing around pounds was wu quite big enough to fight an any heavyweight heavy heavy- weight weight- Later Jim Corbett said a man lOan manof manof of six lx feet teet tall tAU and weighing ISO no was big enough to tl fight ht anybody But Corbetta Corbetts Corbett's Cor- Cor betts betta fighting model is Ja all out of st style le What chan chance would a a. poun er have against a pound r anyhow Just what style In fighting men Is com corn ing neat log next nobody knows knowe Co J mi ir b br It 0 C ro HOME TEAM TAKES ALL I Each club In the South At Atlantic league m must st stand its Us on own tI bottom the coming corn com InK ing season leason under th thi the plan of ot the lie home borne com I clu club take all aU This dO 1 a away with both guarantee and percentage relieves I th the VI IUn club of ha having ba Inc 1 n L man on the lie Kate gate to check receipts But woe to the team turn manager who leaves home hom os on OIl a road I trip without enough filthy lucre lucO In his jea Jeans jean to pay the hotel and railway fares tares 1 I |